PSNA Newsletter Special - November 24, 2021
Newsletter Special
24 Whiringa-ā-rangi 2021
24 November 2021
Parliamentary motion on Palestine – PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW!
Kia ora
We understand a parliamentary motion on Palestine will be moved in parliament in the next two days!
We want you to do TWO things NOW
Email a message to your local MP urging them to support a motion which recognises Palestine and calls for “accountabilities” for Israel – either make it personal or copy the message below into an email.
Now send a simple message to ALL other MPs. Just copy and paste the full list into BCC.
Sample message to MPs:
Subject line: VOTE for Palestine and Palestinian human rights
Kia ora,
Please support a parliamentary motion backing Palestine and Palestinians
I have seen on social media that a parliamentary motion on Palestine is likely to be moved in the Aotearoa New Zealand parliament in the next two days.
I urge you to support a motion which recognises the state of Palestine and calls for accountability measures from Israel which has been in flagrant breach of international law and United Nations resolutions for 73 years.
Already 138 countries (72%) recognise a Palestinian state – Aotearoa New Zealand should join them.
Israel has turned what could have been a Palestinian state into a block of Swiss Cheese with over 300 illegal Israeli settlements and outposts on Palestinian land.
The United Nations Human Rights Council has repeatedly said the death and destruction rolls on in the Middle East because there are no accountabilities for Israel for any of its egregious behaviour towards the Palestinian people who live under Israeli military occupation.
Earlier this month United Nations Human rights experts released a report saying:
“An occupying power that initiates and expands civilian settlements in defiance of international law and the Rome Statute cannot be serious about peace,” the experts said. “Equally, an international community that does not impose accountability measures on a defiant occupying power contrary to international law cannot be serious about its own laws.”
Please help ensure this proposed parliamentary motion will implement “accountabilities” on Israel – at least in response to United Nations Security Council resolution 2334 which was co-sponsored by New Zealand under the National-led government in 2016.
Please vote to support the people of Palestine!
Sincerely,
(your name)
MP email addresses
Labour MP emails:
kiri.allan@parliament.govt.nz;
virginia.andersen@parliament.govt.nz;
jacinda.ardern@parliament.govt.nz;
Camilla.Belich@parliament.govt.nz;
Glenn.Bennett@parliament.govt.nz;
Rachel.Boyack@parliament.govt.nz;
Rachel.Brooking@parliament.govt.nz;
Naisi.Chen@parliament.govt.nz;
david.clark@parliament.govt.nz;
tamati.coffey@parliament.govt.nz;
liz.craig@parliament.govt.nz;
kelvin.davis@parliament.govt.nz;
paul.eagle@parliament.govt.nz;
Barbara.Edmonds@parliament.govt.nz;
kris.faafoi@parliament.govt.nz;
Shanan.Halbert@parliament.govt.nz;
peeni.henare@parliament.govt.nz;
chris.hipkins@parliament.govt.nz;
willie.jackson@parliament.govt.nz;
Anahila.Kanongata'a-Suisuiki@parliament.govt.nz;
Ingrid.Leary@parliament.govt.nz;
Neru.Leavasa@parliament.govt.nz;
Steph.Lewis@parliament.govt.nz;
andrew.little@parliament.govt.nz;
Anna.Lorke@parliament.govt.nz;
marja.lubeck@parliament.govt.nz;
jo.luxton@parliament.govt.nz;
nanaia.mahuta@parliament.govt.nz;
trevor.mallard@parliament.govt.nz;
kieran.mcanulty@parliament.govt.nz;
Tracey.Mclellan@parliament.govt.nz;
stuart.nash@parliament.govt.nz;
Terisa.Ngobi@parliament.govt.nz;
greg.oconnor@parliament.govt.nz;
damien.oconnor@parliament.govt.nz;
Ibrahim.Omer@parliament.govt.nz;
Sarah.Pallet@parliament.govt.nz;
david.parker@parliament.govt.nz;
willow-jean.prime@parliament.govt.nz;
priyanca.radhakrishnan@parliament.govt.nz;
Angela.Roberts@parliament.govt.nz;
grant.robertson@parliament.govt.nz;
adrian.rurawhe@parliament.govt.nz;
deborah.russell@parliament.govt.nz;
jenny.salesa@parliament.govt.nz;
carmel.sepuloni@parliament.govt.nz;
Gaurav.Sharma@parliament.govt.nz;
sua.william.sio@parliament.govt.nz;
jamie.strange@parliament.govt.nz;
jan.tinetti@parliament.govt.nz;
rino.tirikatene@parliament.govt.nz;
phil.twyford@parliament.govt.nz;
Tangi.Utikere@parliament.govt.nz;
Ayesha.Verrall@parliament.govt.nz;
Louisa.Wall@parliament.govt.nz;
Vanushi.Walters@parliament.govt.nz;
angie.warren-clark@parliament.govt.nz;
duncan.webb@parliament.govt.nz;
meka.whaitiri@parliament.govt.nz;
Helen.White@parliament.govt.nz;
louisa.wall@parliament.govt.nz;
poto.williams@parliament.govt.nz;
michael.wood@parliament.govt.nz;
megan.woods@parliament.govt.nz;
Māori Party MP emails:
Rawiri.Waititi@parliament.govt.nz;
Debbie.Ngarewa-Packer@parliament.govt.nz;
Green MP emails:
marama.davidson@parliament.govt.nz;
julieanne.genter@parliament.govt.nz;
golriz.ghahraman@parliament.govt.nz;
Elizabeth.Kerekere@parliament.govt.nz;
jan.logie@parliament.govt.nz;
Ricardo.March@parliament.govt.nz;
eugenie.sage@parliament.govt.nz;
james.shaw@parliament.govt.nz;
chloe.swarbrick@parliament.govt.nz;
Teanau.Tuiono@parliament.govt.nz;
National MP emails:
andrew.bayly@parliament.govt.nz;
chris.bishop@parliament.govt.nz;
simon.bridges@parliament.govt.nz;
simeon.brown@parliament.govt.nz;
gerry.brownlee@parliament.govt.nz;
david.carter@parliament.govt.nz;
judith.collins@parliament.govt.nz;
jacqui.dean@parliament.govt.nz;
matt.doocey@parliament.govt.nz;
paul.goldsmith@parliament.govt.nz;
Nicola.Grigg@parliament.govt.nz;
matt.king@parliament.govt.nz;
barbara.kuriger@parliament.govt.nz;
Melissa.Lee@parliament.govt.nz;
denise.lee@parliament.govt.nz;
agnes.loheni@parliament.govt.nz;
Christoper.Luxon@parliament.govt.nz;
todd.mcclay@parliament.govt.nz;
mark.mitchell@parliament.govt.nz;
Joseph.Mooney@parliament.govt.nz;
todd.muller@parliament.govt.nz;
simon.oconnor@parliament.govt.nz;
chris.penk@parliament.govt.nz;
maureen.pugh@parliament.govt.nz;
shane.reti@parliament.govt.nz;
Penny.Simmonds@parliament.govt.nz;
scott.simpson@parliament.govt.nz;
Stuart.Smith@parliament.govt.nz;
nick.smith@parliament.govt.nz;
erica.stanford@parliament.govt.nz;
louise.upston@parliament.govt.nz;
tim.vandemolen@parliament.govt.nz;
Simon.Watts@parliament.govt.nz;
nicola.willis@parliament.govt.nz;
michael.woodhouse@parliament.govt.nz;
ACT MP emails:
Chris.Baillie@parliament.govt.nz;
Mark.Cameron@parliament.govt.nz;
Karen.Chhour@parliament.govt.nz;
Simon.Court@parliament.govt.nz;
James.McDowall@parliament.govt.nz;
Nicole.McKee@parliament.govt.nz;
Toni.Severin@parliament.govt.nz;
david.seymour@parliament.govt.nz˜;
Damien.Smith@parliament.govt.nz;
Brooke.Vanvelden@parliament.govt.nz;
Are you able to donate a cup of coffee a month to the campaign?
We will need some serious money to make our campaign as effective as possible. For example, we will need somewhere in the vicinity of $25,000 to bring speakers to New Zealand over the next year and organise large public meetings to help spread the message.
You can help. Are you able to donate a cup of coffee a month to the campaign? In other words, can you afford to make an automatic payment of $5 per month to support the Palestinian struggle? (If you can afford more that would be great!)
Our account details are:
Account name: Palestine Solidarity Network
Account number: 38-9015-0849542-00
We are happy to provide a receipt upon request (however, we are not a registered charity so this is not tax-deductible)
In Occupied Palestine daily newsletter – an invitation to subscribe from Leslie Bravery
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However, daily news and statistics regarding the violence Palestinians are forced to live under are regularly reported on in the “In Occupied Palestine daily newsletter”, sourced and compiled for easy reading and correlation chiefly from the Palestinian Monitoring Group's daily situation reports.
The In Occupied Palestine daily newsletter continues to be circulated, by email, worldwide to subscribers only, as it has been over the last two decades.
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More ways you can get involved
Forward this Newsletter – If you know people who may be interested in this movement, please forward this Newsletter to them.
Join in local activities in your area monthly Rallies - In Auckland at 2.00 pm on the first Saturday of every month. Please consider doing the same in your community. Contact Secretary@PSNA.nz if you would like to know where and how to get Flags and Banners
Help set up a Students for Justice in Palestine groups on your campus
Tell Your MP your opinions on Divestment and Sanctions of Israel.
Write Letters to Newspapers – Call Talkback Radio
Keep in touch with the campaign on social media
o NZ Palestine Solidarity Network website: https://www.PSNA.nz
o NZ Palestine Solidarity Network Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/671376706283605/
o NZ Palestine Solidarity Network email: Secretary@PSNA.nz
The Palestine Human Rights Campaign produces the In Occupied Palestine newsletter. It is a regular daily newsletter on the daily situation in Palestine, compiled by Leslie Bravery and emailed to subscribers. If you would also like to become a subscriber, please contact Leslie at “lesliebravery @ icloud .com” (remove the spaces to use as an email address) for further information.
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Human rights for Uyghur refugees - In line with our support for human rights for the people of Palestine we have added our name to the petition in support of human rights for Uyghur refugees so they can be included in the government’s refugee quota. PSNA members who wish to also sign this petition can do so here - https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/open-letter-let-s-show-compassion-to-the-uyghur-community
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